Drill chuck



A. KIPNISS.

DRILL CHUCK.

APPLICATION r1110 rmzs, 1919. e

Patented Feb. 7, 1922. 3 7

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ABRAHAM xrrmss, or savanna, new YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PROGRESSIVE nnon'mnAND METAL PRODUCTS CO.,- INC.

,A CORPORATION OF NIKKI YORK.

DRILL CHUCK.

' Application filed February and residing at of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful" Drill Chucks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention consists in a drill chuck, of the generic characterdisclosed and claimed in the co-pending application of Max PaulNeumannand myselfQSerial No. 207,521, filed December 17 1917.

Objects of the present invention are to simplify and cheapen-the drillchuck, and facilitate its manipulation in use.

One adaptation of the present invention iswshown in the accompanyingdrawings,.in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation in a plane transverse to the plane ofthe drill tang, and

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation in the plane of the drill tang.

In these drawings the parts are shown in operating positions with thefull thrust of the drill press applied to the drill.

The main body 3 has a tapered shank 4 with a flattened tang 5 adapted tobe received and driven by the drill socket of the drill press.

The lower part of the main body is formed into an enlarged cylinder 6presenting a shoulder 7 This cylindrical end of the main body is boredand counter-bored to receive respectively the head 8 and tube 9 of thetapered drill socket which holds the tapered drill shank 10.

Aspring 11 surrounds this drill socket, and is compressed between itshead and the shoulder formed between the bore and counter-bore of themain body. Normally, while thrust is not being applied to the drill, thedrill socket 8, 9 is forced downward by the spring, against the stopring 12 secured in the mouth of the main body by means of a screw 13. Atransverse slot l l extends through the main body above its counterbore,and communicates therewith to receive the drill tang whose thrust issupported by the bearing of its curved shoulders 15 againstcorresponding corners formed at the upper end of the counter-bore of thedrill socket.

A bar 16 extends through the slot 14, so as to be lifted by the drilltang, and the protruding ends of this bar support the I Specification ofLetters Patent.

ABRAHAM KIPNISS, a

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

26, 1919. semi No. 279,346. v

,. inner flange 17 formed in the upper end .of

'the drill-releasing or knockout sleeve .18 which" freely turns andslides longitudinally on the cylindrical part of themain body. A screw19 passing throughathe sleeve, enters an annular slot 20 in the mainbody, to retainthe sleeve thereon. .7 a

"o facilitate the insertion of the drill, while the drill chuck isrotating, the drill may. have a washer-21 driven on its taperedshank,.and also securedby a screw 22. if desired. V

7 As the spring 11 .is thrust, the movement socket 9, upward into restedby the shoulder 15 before the socket engages the end of the counter-borein the main body; so that the thrust of the tapered drill shank in thetapered aperture of the drill socket, is limited to the pressure of thespring, and does not become so firmly set as to jam and resist ejection.As the thrust on the drill is relieved, the spring restores the drillsocket into contact with the stop ring 12, while the cross-bar 16 lieson top of the drill tang. To eject the drill, the knockout sleeve 18 islifted and brought down upon the knockout bar 16 which transmits thedrill-ejecting impact to the end of the drill tang. Since the knockoutsleeve turns freely on the main body, it may be grasped in the hand tothus eject the drill while the drill press and chuck are turning.

I claim- 1. A tool chuck comprising a main body having a hollowcylindrical outer part, a tool-centering socket freely rotatable andlongitudinally slidable within said hollow main body part and having atapered bore adapted to receive the tapered shank of a tool, a springwithin said hollow main body part tending to move said socket outwardagainst the working thrust of the tool and into tool-holding engagementwith the tapered shank of the tool, said main body part of the chuckhaving transversely therethrough a longitudinally slotted openingadapted to receive the flattened end of the tool shank for therebytransmitting rotation to the tool, a tool-ejecting member extendingthrough said slotted opening in engagement with the inner end of saidtool shank compressed by the drill of the dri ll-.andl-.the the mainbody, is arand at its opposite ends projecting laterally within whichsaid main body part is adapted to rotate and mounted thereon forlongitudinal movement and adapted in such longitudinal movement tostrike against the projecting ends of said tool-ejecting mem er forthereby disengaging the tapered shank of'the tool from said socket.

2. The invention claimed in claim 1 in which the said slotted openingthrough said main body part of the chuck is made of sufficient widththat the working thrust upon the tool will be received by the shouldersformed at the entrance to said slotted opening, these shoulders formingabutments for the corresponding shoulders on the tool,

shank formed between the said flattened end A part and the tapered partof saidtool shank.

7 said counter-bore and has an outerlarger head part forming an annularshoulder, and

in which said sprin is a coiled thrust spring surrounding the re ucedpart of said socket and acting between the shoulder within said mainbody part and the shoulder on said socket, and an abutment within theouter end of said main body part for the outer end of said socket.

4. The invention claimed in claim 2 in which said hollow cylindricalmain body part is provided with a counterbore forming,

an annular shoulder and in which said socket has a reduced'inner partslidable in said counterbore and has an outer larger head art forming anannular shoulder, and in WhlCh said spring is a coiled thrust springsurrounding the reduced part of said socket and acting between theshoulder within said main body part and the shoulder on said socket, andan abutment within the outer end of said main body part for the outerend of said socket.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature to this specification.

ABRAHAM KIPNISS. r

